KAY FRANCIS 
Eastman—Cordes 
Honor Roll 
We offer this year the perfect yellow dahlia, 
the greatest prize winning seedling dahlia ever 
shown. The show record of this dahlia in the 
1934 shows was eleven firsts. Two firsts more 
than the celebrated Amelia Earhart. 
This dahlia has been named for Miss Kay 
Francis the well known motion picture actress, 
with her permission. It is our own introduction 
produced from Cordes mixed seed. 
A perfectly formed semi-cactus, light lemon 
yellow that never burns or fades in the hottest 
sun, also it is unharmed by wind or rain and 
regardless of the weather, perfect flowers are 
ready for all shows. 
This is a stately, dignified type of dahlia with 
5 foot stems having long joints and very beauti¬ 
ful foliage which is insect resistant. The flowers 
face and are perfectly rigdid on the stem. The 
laterals develop very quickly and the plant is 
literally covered with flowers at all times. We 
have never grown or seen a dahlia that is as 
prolific as this one. It is a very remarkable 
keeper as all who saw it at the New York show 
will agree which shows its true value as a large 
sized cut flower as well as an exhibition dahlia. 
This flower is not one that will be here today 
and gone tomorrow. The consensus of opinion 
of both Judges and Growers is that Kay Francis 
will prove to be one of the most useful and widley 
grown dahlias. 
1934 Show Record 
Achievement Medal of the American Home Ma¬ 
gazine, New York City, N. Y.. 
Achievement Medal of the Amereican Home 
Magazine, Camden, N. J. 
Medal of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 
for Championship seedling, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
Certificate of Merit of the Pennsylvania Horti¬ 
cultural Society for Special Class of New Seed¬ 
lings, New Plants and New Importations. 
Stumpp & Walter Medal for best Maryland 
origination, Baltimore, Md. 
First for best Semi-Cactus Seedling, New York 
City, N. Y. 
First for best undisseminated variety shipped 
by Air Express, New York City, N. Y. 
First for best 6 blooms Semi-Cactus open to all 
class, Baltimore, Md. 
First for best Semi-Cactus seedling, Dahlia 
Society of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 
First for best 3 blooms, Semi-Cactus Yellow, 
Los Angeles County Fair, Los Angeles, Calif. 
First for best 25 blooms, Semi-Cactus Yellow, 
Los Angeles County Fair, Los Angeles, Calif. 
Root, $10.00 Plant, $5.00 
